SVP and Head of Global Business Services, Philips
Florence has over 20-year experience in senior executive leadership role in area of business management, supply chain, manufacturing, procurement, IT, finance, development engineering and digital transformation and in various industries such as banking, semiconductor, consumer and medical. Flo has led the GBS transformational journey in Philips taking the fledgling GBS organization and bringing it to a heightened level of maturity and operational excellence supported by strong engagement with the business and function stakeholders. Aided by her vast experience along with her formidable reputation for results, GBS has successfully extended its scope across multiple functions in Philips, with standardization, innovation, employee development and high quality as its key differentiators. Philips GBS has become an operational powerhouse growing to 5000+ employees in different regions across the globe. Her ambitions is to grow GBS into a true value driver for Philips and its customers by cultivating close partnerships with the Markets, Business groups and Functional departments to provide winning solutions across its business continuum.